First integrated check post started on India-Bhutan border in Assam

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• Recently, the first integrated check post started on India-Bhutan border in Assam.
• This check post has been built in Daranga, Assam.
• Its construction will make trade between the two countries easier.
• This integrated check post is spread over an area of ​​14.5 acres.
• It is 700 meters inside the India-Bhutan border.
• This check post has office, parking space, loading and unloading space, weighing system, warehouse and accommodation facilities for the officers working in the check post.
• This check post has been developed by the Land Ports Authority.
• According to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, the trade between India and Bhutan was $1.6 billion in the year 2022-23. 
• This is 73% of Bhutan's total trade. 
• India exports petrol-diesel, passenger cars, rice, mobile phones, soybean oil, motor parts, electric generators, cargo vehicles etc. to Bhutan. 
• India buys ferro-silicon, ferro silicon magnesium, cardamom, iron-steel products etc. from Bhutan. 

Bhutan:

• Border - India and China
• Indian states bordering Bhutan - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal and Sikkim
• Landlocked country 
• Capital - Thimpu (5th highest capital in the world) 
• Currency - Bhutanese Ngultrum